DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z April 19, 2023
SMOKE: Atlantic... A detached thin density plume from the previous day seasonal agricultural burns over the Southeast and Mississippi Valley was detected over the western Atlantic off the Mid-Atlantic coast and just south of New England. Southeast U.S... Areas of thin density smoke were present over parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle. This smoke was from both yesterday’s seasonal agricultural burns in the area and today’s burns. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Central America/Bay of Campeche... Significant and widespread seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America has result in a large area of thin density smoke which covered much of central and southeastern Mexico, the southern Bay of Campeche, and northwestern Central America. Some aerosols from industrial activities originating in Mexico and northwestern Central America were mixed with this smoke area. Konon THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov